Field Flora of the British Isles
Field Flora of the British Isles
Out of Print
Field Flora of the British Isles provides a portable, comprehensive guide for those wishing to identify plants growing in the wild in the British Isles. Based on the author's now standard work, New Flora of the British Isles (2nd edition, 1997), this abridged version offers the same complete coverage and user-friendly features in a compact format that is particularly suitable for use in the field. The reduction in the length of the book has been achieved by omitting the separate descriptions and many of the illustrations, while leaving the determination keys intact. Additional information on growth habit, habitat and distribution is provided as each taxon is identified. Where appropriate, information has been updated, but no taxonomic changes or extra taxa have been incorporated. Twenty-seven pages of essential illustrations are included to aid the user, together with a comprehensive glossary and a concise index.
- Complete and up-to-date coverage of the flora of the British Isles, including the full set of determination keys from the tried and tested New Flora of the British Isles
- Compact and portable, for ease of use in the field
- Many user-friendly features, including durable plastic cover, ruler and maps conveniently positioned on end papers, black edged pages to delimit sections and an illustrated glossary
Reviews & endorsements
'Learn how to use this and you'll learn a lot of botany.' The Darlington and Stockton Times
' … a splendidly sound basis, summarizing all that has gone before, for the study of British and Irish plants as we enter the new millennium.' John Akeroyd, Plant Talk
'I am delighted to have such a wealth of information condensed into such a neat little book, which is an excellent companion for field-work in Britain and Ireland.' D. R. McKean, Edinburgh Journal of Botany
Altogether this flora closes a gap and allows the botanist as well as the plant lover a quick and reliable orientation in the terrain. The price seems reasonable so that this flora can be warmly recommended. Norbert Leist, Journal of Plant Physiology
Product details
March 1999Paperback
9780521653152
758 pages
193 × 127 × 28 mm
0.475kg
28 b/w illus.
Unavailable - out of print November 2009
Table of Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Introduction
- How to use this book
- Signs and abbreviations
- The diagnostic keys
- Pteridophytes (Lycopodiopsida, Equisetopsida, Pteropsida)
- Pinopsida
- Magnoliopsida (Magnoliidae, Liliidae)
- Glossary
- Index.
